{"id":672958,"date":"2026-03-22T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/672958\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T04:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:05:15","slug":"yankees-news-latest-spring-training-roster-have-opening-day-roster-nearly-finalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/672958\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Latest spring training roster have Opening Day roster nearly finalized"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associated Press:<\/a> The Yankees took a giant step into finalizing their roster on Saturday, letting outfielder Randal Grichuk know that he made the team<\/a> despite a .308 spring OPS (no, not OBP) in limited action. His ability to mash lefties (career 118 wRC+ vs. LHP) ended up earning him a place. It was a busy day of roster moves<\/a> for New York, as they reassigned big-league veterans infielder Paul DeJong and utilityman Seth Brown to minor league camp and optioned utilityman Oswaldo Cabrera and infielder Max Schuemann to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre.<\/p>\n

Bryan Hoch | MLB.com:<\/a> The aforementioned moves helped clear the Yankees\u2019 bench picture, as we now have more clarity about personnel and roles. Barring a huge surprise, New York will go with J.C. Escarra, Paul Goldschmidt, Amed Rosario, and Grichuk as their reserves. All of them will play a lot: except for Escarra, they are all right-handed hitters who perform better while facing lefties giving New York plenty of platoon options to deploy.<\/p>\n

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NJ Advance Media | Randy Miller<\/a>: Speaking for the first time since learning he will open the season in Triple-A on Friday, Yankees outfielder Jasson Dom\u00ednguez reiterated that the decision didn\u2019t catch him off guard. \u201cThey said it first thing, before we even started,\u201d he said Saturday.<\/p>\n

Instead of complaining, the switch-hitter had a great game on Saturday, going 2-for-3 with three batted balls over 100 mph, including a three-bagger. The Martian did most of his damage against southpaw Framber Valdez, proof that he has done very well facing lefties and hitting right-handed in the 2026 Grapefruit League. He has a 1.000 OPS with a triple and a homer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis spring, my right side has been pretty good,\u201d Dominguez said. \u201cEven when I wasn\u2019t getting many hits, I was hitting the ball well and seeing the pitches well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another roster move, the Yankees sent right-hander Yovanny Cruz to minor league camp, ending his unlikely bid for a roster spot. Cruz tossed another scoreless frame on Saturday, giving him three in spring training with five strikeouts. The flamethrower, who can hit the triple digits but has below-average control, could potentially be a summer asset if he can throw strikes consistently in the minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Associated Press: The Yankees took a giant step into finalizing their roster on Saturday, letting outfielder Randal Grichuk…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":672959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[63145,1885,275543,11315,1936,39146,80453,251397,282213,1266,405,2228,248093,119750,9141,63048,283852,234973,62,26505,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-672958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-amed-rosario","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-diamond-images","tag-framber-valdez","tag-getty-images","tag-j-c-escarra","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-max-schuemann","tag-minor-league-camp","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-oswaldo-cabrera","tag-paul-dejong","tag-paul-goldschmidt","tag-randal-grichuk","tag-roster-move","tag-seth-brown","tag-sports","tag-the-tigers","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116270853377245799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}